''Pheucticus'' is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. The type species was subsequently designated as the black-backed grosbeak.
Species
The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - ''pheuktikós'' "shy" or "inclined to avoid".
References
Pheucticus,
Bird genera
Grosbeaks
Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach
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